Greater Manchester Police custody officer arrested amid concerns over treatment of women by force

There are more questions about the way some women are treated by one of Britain’s biggest police forces.

This week former Victims Commissioner Dame Vera Baird will publish a report on the experiences of women and girls who’ve been held in custody by Greater Manchester Police.

Separately, this programme has learned that a serving custody officer with the force has been arrested in the last few days after allegations about his behaviour towards a woman in the unit where he works.